Funding Program for Visiting Scholars with a Focus on Intersectional Gender Research

The Leuphana Equal Opportunities Office provides fresh impetus with regard to intersectional gender research with its guest scholarship program. These are echoed in research, teaching and academic disciplines. The university has recruited excellent national and, above all, international academics to take part in the research and teaching program. The guest scholars enrich the diversity of perspectives on research questions at Leuphana and thus contribute to a transformative academic culture.

The involvement of internationally visible academics in research projects improves research results by broadening perspectives. For this reason, among others, the integration of gender dimensions in academia is becoming increasingly important in research funding. Furthermore, excellent visiting scholars who work intersectionally act as role models for students and academics in the qualification phase. Last but not least, the Visiting Scholars Program promotes the (inter)national profile of Leuphana University Lüneburg.

The Visiting Scholars Program builds on the Maria Göppert-Mayer Programme for the Promotion of International Women's and Gender Studies of the State of Lower Saxony (2009-2019). It began in the winter semester 2023/24 and runs until February 2026. 

Prof Dr Agnieszka Turska-Kawa
Fakultät Staatswissenschaften

Prof Dr Rebecca Namatovu-Dawa
Fakultät Management und Technologie

Prof Dr Katharina Kreissl
Fakultät Management und Technologie

Dr Miriam Gutekunst
Fakultät Kulturwissenschaften

Dr Lena Knappert
Fakultät Management und Technologie

Gender equality and diversity at Leuphana
Overview of how gender diversity aspects are anchored in research at Leuphana and access to the current Gender Equality Plan

Internationality and internationalization at Leuphana
Overview of the international orientation of studies, teaching and research at Leuphana